Labeling and exocytosis of secretory compartments in RBL mastocytes by polystyrene and mesoporous silica nanoparticles

Ciro Isidoro, Maneerat Ekkapongpisit, Antonino Giovia, Nicotra Giuseppina, Matteo Ozzano, Giuseppe Caputo

International Journal of Nanomedicine · 2012 · 25 citations · 35 references

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Abstract

These findings highlight the value of NPs for live imaging of inflammatory processes, and also have important implications for the clinical use of PS-based NPs, due to their potential to trigger the unwanted activation of mastocytes.

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